Author/Editor | Osredkar, J | |
Title | Determination of salivary testosterone: diagnostic value in hirsute women | |
Type | članek | |
Source | Farm Vestn | |
Vol. and No. | Letnik 44, št. 2 | |
Publication year | 1993 | |
Volume | str. 81-5 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | We compared the diagnostic value of information given by salivary testosterone with the diagnostic value of information given by total serum testosterone, free serum testosterone, androgen index (FAI = T/SHBG x 100), and sex hormone-binding globulin. To examine the clinical value of these parameters we analyzed blood and saliva samples from 32 hirsute women and 32 age-matched healthy control volunteers. The levels of salivary testosterone, total serum testosterone, free testosterone, and the androgen index were all significantly higher in the hirsute group (p < 0,01), whereas in the sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) a decrease was noticed (p < 0,01). Out of 32 hirsute patients salivary testosterone was elevated in 27, total serum testosterone in 7, free testosterone in 20, and the androgen index in 26 patients; in 24 patients a decrease in SHBG was noticed. | |
Descriptors | HIRSUTISM SALIVA TESTOSTERONE |